Identifying Types of Attending: Patterns of Nurses' Work
Authors:
- Joan L. BottorffJBJoan L. Bottorff
- Janice M. MorseJMJanice M. Morse
- 1 March 1994
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Image: the Journal of Nursing Scholarship
- Vol. 26 (1) , 53-60
Abstract
Verbal and nonverbal behaviors of nurses during interactions with cancer patients were examined by analyzing videotapes of caregiving. Using techniques of qualitative ethology, four types of attending were identified: doing more, doing with, doing for, and doing tasks. The findings provide support for an alternative method of classifying nurse‐patient interactions that captures patterns of caring.Keywords
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